Hi all — community manager, longtime lurker

Appreciate the clear steps. The dry-run tip in particular saved me from a mistake I would not have caught otherwise.

Following this thread closely. We are about to face the exact same decision and the replies here are gold.

One caveat for larger communities: keep an eye on the indexes. At a few thousand rows the difference is night and day.

Solid breakdown. The only thing I would add is to back up before making the change — better safe than sorry.

For what it is worth, the same approach works with the PMPro adapter — the membership side is identical from here.

Great point. I had not considered the angle you raised in the second paragraph — it reframes the whole thing for me.

This matches my experience exactly. The hard part is staying consistent once the initial novelty wears off.

For what it is worth, the same approach works with the PMPro adapter — the membership side is identical from here.

Could you say more about how you measured the result? I want to try this but I am not sure what success would look like.

Adding a small note: the same idea applies on mobile, just with a bit more attention to tap targets.